Impact of cold storage temperature and period on performance of Trichogramma evanescens Wstwood (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae)

Australian Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2188-2195

  Abd El Gawad, Hany A S ^a   Sayed, Atef M M ^a   Ahmed, Sayed A ^b  

^a Agricultural Research Center   (Egypt)

^b University of Suez Canal   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Biological control; Cold storage; Mass production; Trichogramma evanescens

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650262401     PISSN: 19918178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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